Definition

1. Noun:

   • A small, flat, brownish spot on the skin, typically caused by exposure to the sun and containing concentrated melanin.

2. Verb (transitive):

   • To mark or cover with freckles.

3. Verb (intransitive):

   • To become marked with freckles.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:

  • She has a light dusting of freckles across her nose and cheeks.
  • His freckles become more prominent in the summer.

• Verb (transitive):

  • The sun freckled her shoulders after a day at the beach.
  • Years of working outdoors had freckled his face and arms.

• Verb (intransitive):

  • My skin freckles easily, so I always wear sunscreen.
  • If I don't wear a hat, my face will freckle.

Advanced Usage

• "To be freckled": Describes a person or skin that is covered with freckles.
  • The freckled boy smiled warmly.
  • Her freckled complexion is distinctive.

Variants and Related Words

• Freckly (adj): Having many freckles.

  • He has a freckly face.

• Freckling (n): The process of developing freckles or the pattern of freckles itself.

  • The freckling on her skin is quite even.

Synonyms

• Noun: Lentigo (medical term), sun spot, ephelis (singular, medical).
• Verb: Speckle, dot, mottle.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "A face full of freckles": An idiom describing someone with many freckles.

  • As a child, she had a face full of freckles.

• "Freckle-faced": An adjective used to describe someone, often a child, with a noticeable amount of freckles.

  • The freckle-faced kid was the star of the show.

Noun

1. a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

Verb

1. mark with freckles
2. become freckled
   • I freckle easily